O.k.
Just to sum up. This isn't the worst DVD transfer in the world. It isn't the best. No, the sky isn't falling. No, Shrek's EE isn't so bad. No, I don't have any hardware in my system that is adding any extra EE. As I said before, I like my images SOFT and film like, with all the detail the source contains and nothing more. No SVM and no EE. My Mits was calibrated by one of the best in the business, CraigM and I even disagreed with him about the SVM setting. He leaves it on for a "crispier" image, I leave it off. I hate EE and articifial image enhancers! It isn't so much for the little halos either. It's because it makes film images look like video.
As I said above, my disatisfaction with Stitch is probably due to unreasonable expectations set by early reviews I read. One of them in particular claimed it was perhaps the best transfer of the year. I think everyone can agree it is far from it. I wish I hadn't seen any of these comments before watching, otherwise perhaps I would've thought it was better than the typical Disney transfer. The only reason I replied to the original message was to prevent anyone else from having the same thing happen to them.
EE on hand drawn animated films sticks out like a sore thumb to me. It's easier for me to live with EE on live action films. Too many hard edges and color transitions.
Tomorrow I may go get a screen grab to show you what I'm seeing.
I'll definately say, this transfer is better than what I just saw of Criterion's That Obscure Object of Desire. One glance at that will clear away any Stitch problems. Of course nobody proclaimed That Obscure Object as having one of the best transfers of the year.
